He refused to respond directly to any of these questions, saying only that there was no evidence for an acceleration
of sea level rises in the future.
Burgmann isn't too worried about sea level rise causing more earthquakes or volcanic eruptions though, noting that catastrophic rates
of sea level rise in the future are uncertain and that the current rate of rise — about 0.12 inches per year (3 millimeters per year)-- isn't enough to destabilize the crust.
Not exact matches
«We have a moral obligation to our children and
future generations to reduce the severe impacts
of climate change like
rising sea levels, which will disproportionately impact coastal communities
in Massachusetts,» said EPA Administrator McCarthy.
In his opening and closing remarks, Peter Van Scoyoc, a Democrat serving his second term on the town board, pointed to his record, and that
of the sitting board, on open space preservation, water quality protection efforts, energy efficiency, social services, obtaining grants, and planning for the
future through ongoing hamlet studies and creation
of a plan that accounts for
rising sea level and shoreline erosion.
KINGSTON — The City
of Kingston Flooding Task Force, which was created to address waterfront flooding and
sea level rise, continues to look at alternatives and suggestions to avoid flooding
in the
future.
Not all flooded during the 2012 storm, but climate change
in the form
of rising sea levels is increasing the risk
of future damage, and higher flood insurance bills.
«
In order to understand coastal impacts under current and
future climate and socio - economic conditions, we do not only need robust projections
of mean
sea level rise but also a profound knowledge
of present - day and
future extreme
sea levels, because these events drive the impacts,» Wahl said.
This gives confidence
in the predictions
of the current generation
of ice - sheet models which are used to forecast
future ice loss from Antarctica and resulting
sea -
level rise.»
«Hillary Clinton is listening to the scientists who tell us that — unless we act boldly and transform our energy system
in the very near
future — there will be more drought, more floods, more acidification
of the oceans, more
rising sea levels.
A large area
of the Greenland ice sheet once considered stable is actually shedding massive amounts
of ice, suggesting that
future sea -
level rise may be worse than expected, a team
of scientists warned yesterday
in a new study.
Generating more land there
in the
future, though controversial, could help shield the city
of New Orleans from
rising sea levels.
The
rise of sea levels, when combined with more intense storms
in the
future, would be a deadly combination, she said.
Extraction
of groundwater for irrigation and home and industrial use turns out to be an important missing piece
of the puzzle
in estimates for past and current
sea -
level changes and for projections
of future rises
The study's findings suggest that
future sea level rise resulting from global warming will also have these hot spot periods superimposed on top
of steadily
rising seas, said study co-author Andrea Dutton, assistant professor
in UF's department
of geological sciences
in the College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
New research from scientists at the University
of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the Hawaiʻi Department
of Land and Natural Resources brings into clearer focus just how dramatically Hawaiʻi beaches might change as
sea level rises in the
future.
Mapping historical shoreline change provides useful data for assessing exposure to
future erosion hazards, even if the rate
of sea level rise changes
in the
future.
For the study «Doubling
of coastal erosion under
rising sea level by mid-century
in Hawaiʻi,» published this week
in Natural Hazards, the research team developed a simple model to assess
future erosion hazards under higher
sea levels — taking into account historical changes
of Hawaiʻi shorelines and the projected acceleration
of sea level rise reported from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
The president
of the Pacific island state
of Kiribati favors buying more land abroad after a purchase
in Fiji, to secure both food supplies and perhaps a
future home if
rising sea levels swamp low - lying atolls.
It's difficult to project the rate
of sea -
level rise 90 years
in the
future, though its assumptions are
in line with the United Nations» Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
This is distinctly alarmist... It is common ground that if indeed Greenland melted, it would release this amount
of water, but only after, and over, millennia, so that the Armageddon scenario he predicts, insofar as it suggests that
sea level rises of 7 metres might occur
in the immediate
future, is not
in line with the scientific consensus.
Sea level rise of up to 7 metres will be caused by melting
of either west Antarctica or Greenland
in the near
future.
The authors highlight this with the case
of future sea level, as larger uncertainty
in sea level rise requires greater precautionary action to manage flood risk.
Co-author Professor Eelco Rohling, from the Australian National University and formerly
of the University
of Southampton, adds: «By developing a novel method that realistically approximates
future sea level rise, we have been able to add new insight to the debate and show that there is substantial evidence for a significant recent acceleration
in the
sea level rise on a global and regional
level.
The findings, published yesterday
in the journal Science, suggest scientists still have much to learn about the factors that govern the behavior
of ice sheets — knowledge that is crucial to developing more accurate projections
of future sea level rise.
The impact
of these events on historical societal development emphasizes the potential economic and social consequences
of a
future rise in sea levels due to global climate change, the researchers write
in the study recently published
in the journal Scientific Reports.
The long - term average rate
of sea -
level rise in Hampton Roads is about one foot per century, but that pace has accelerated sharply recently, which makes it challenging to gauge
future rates
of change.
The discovery, involving cold, extra salty water — brine — that forms within openings
in sea ice, adds to our understanding
of how ice sheets interact with the ocean, and may improve our ability to forecast and prepare for
future sea level rise.
The finding, which will likely boost estimates
of expected global
sea level rise in the
future, appears
in the March 16 issue
of the journal Nature Climate Change.
This suggests that Greenland's contribution to global
sea level rise may be even higher
in the
future,» said Bevis, who is also the Ohio Eminent Scholar
in Geodynamics and professor
of earth sciences at Ohio State.
«Our primary question is how the Amundsen
Sea sector of West Antarctica will contribute to sea level rise in the future, particularly following our observations of massive changes in the area over the last two decades,» said UCI's Bernd Scheuchl, lead author on the first of the two studies, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters in Augu
Sea sector
of West Antarctica will contribute to
sea level rise in the future, particularly following our observations of massive changes in the area over the last two decades,» said UCI's Bernd Scheuchl, lead author on the first of the two studies, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters in Augu
sea level rise in the
future, particularly following our observations
of massive changes
in the area over the last two decades,» said UCI's Bernd Scheuchl, lead author on the first
of the two studies, published
in the journal Geophysical Research Letters
in August.
But the responses from individual installations provide a «preliminary qualitative picture
of assets currently affected by severe weather events as well as an indication
of assets that may be affected by
sea level rise in the
future,» the report says.
The key issue
in predicting
future rates
of global
sea level rise is to understand and predict how ice sheets
in Greenland and Antarctica will react to a warming climate.
No single entity is capable
of addressing the vast needs for improved climate services
in these nations: for everything from projections
of future sea -
level rise that help planners identify places to build and develop that are out
of harm's way, to maps that overlay population, infrastructure, and climate data to help decision makers target resources to areas
of greatest vulnerability.
Kuhn, from Germany's Alfred Wegener Institute, added, «This gives confidence
in the predictions
of the current generation
of ice sheet models which are used to forecast
future ice loss from Antarctica and resulting
sea -
level rise.»
The ice that is
of most concern is the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which is undergoing unprecedented changes, and is likely the biggest potential player
in future global
sea level rise.
The results sharpen our view
of land - ice melting, which poses the biggest, most threatening factor
in future sea level rise.»
A new paper by Levermann et al.
in PNAS uses the record
of past rates
of sea level rise from palaeo archives and numerical computer models to understand how much
sea level rise we can expect per degree
of warming
in the
future.
The first comprehensive study
of snowfall across Antarctica provides vital information
in the study
of future sea -
level rise.
A better understanding
of these processes could
in turn lead to more accurate projections
of how Greenland might continue to change
in the
future, as well as how much
sea level rise it might contribute.
«Scientists have worked hard to understand the really fast changes
in sea level, such as storm surges, because they cause major damage, and the really slow changes because long - term
sea level rise will shape the coastlines
of the
future,» said study co-author Josh Willis
of JPL.
The findings have important implications
in terms
of planning for
sea level rise, as ever - growing coastal communities might have to plan for even higher ocean
levels in a warmer
future.
The increase
in rate relative to the 1901 — 90 trend is accordingly larger than previously thought; this revision may affect some projections11
of future sea -
level rise.
This study, he added, is a good step toward piecing all those bits
of information together to get a fuller picture
of what
future sea level rise holds
in store.
For a
future of continued growth
in emissions the new results indicate a likely global average
sea -
level rise between 1.1 and 2.1 meters (3.6 to 6.9 feet)-- roughly double the IPCC - consistent estimate.
In some cases, this may take the form of flexible adaptation pathways, with decisions made now for the next 30 years and decisions on the timing and sequencing of alternative options, conditional on future sea - level rise, planned out in advanc
In some cases, this may take the form
of flexible adaptation pathways, with decisions made now for the next 30 years and decisions on the timing and sequencing
of alternative options, conditional on
future sea -
level rise, planned out
in advanc
in advance.
If we thus want to know whether Harvey is a «harbinger» for the
future of Houston, the attribution question addressing the overall likelihood
of a hurricane like Harvey to occur, which includes many variables other than temperature and
sea level rise that interact, needs to be answered by carefully estimating the likelihood
of such hurricanes developing
in a warming world as well as how much rain they bring.
To compensate partially for my participation
in the hijacking
of this thread, I point to how Rhode Island's coastal zone management (CZM) agency, the RI Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) is addressing current and
future sea -
level rise (SLR).
Given that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has a total
sea level equivalent
of 3.3 m1, with 1.5 m from Pine Island Glacier alone4, marine ice sheet collapse could be a significant challenge for
future generations, with major changes
in rates
of sea level rise being possible within just the next couple
of hundred years.
Based on modeling well into the
future and with continued
sea -
level rise, «we see a pretty significant increase
in flood risk» even as many
of those storms may track further east
of the coast than is common now.
They created a model to determine how temperatures
of ocean waters could change shallow reef systems when
sea levels rise and climate warms
in the
future.